Racist texts about slaves and ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people as state AGs, colleges and police probe their origins

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-08 18:52:29 | Updated at 2024-11-08 21:44:20 2 hours ago

Racist texts about slaves and ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people as state AGs, colleges and police probe their origins
CNN ^ | November 08, 2024 | Ashley R. Williams, Jack Forrest and Jillian Sykes

Posted on 11/08/2024 10:46:06 AM PST by Red Badger

Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country’s painful and bigoted past – have been received by children, college students and working professionals from unrecognized phone numbers in the wake of the presidential election.

The NAACP president warned Thursday of possible broader implications of the hate-filled rhetoric reported in more than 20 states from New York to California, and the District of Columbia. Attorneys general of both parties are condemning the messages and vowing to root out their senders.

“The unfortunate reality of electing a president who, historically, has embraced and at times encouraged hate, is unfolding before our eyes,” NAACP CEO Derrick Johnson said. “These messages represent an alarming increase in vile and abhorrent rhetoric from racist groups across the country, who now feel emboldened to spread hate and stoke the flames of fear that many of us are feeling after Tuesday’s election results.”

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Any bets that this was sent by a Democrat and most likely a black person?................

1 posted on 11/08/2024 10:46:06 AM PST by Red Badger

To: Red Badger

Both CNN viewers believe it. The rest of the US population files it in the “Full O’Shit file”.

2 posted on 11/08/2024 10:47:42 AM PST by Da Coyote

To: All

Probably a liberal sending it to black people. Might even be the NAACP sending it out to scare people into supporting them. I never forgave that group for getting Amos and Andy cancelled

3 posted on 11/08/2024 10:48:38 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)

To: Red Badger

Anybody know what Jessie Smollett’s been up to in the past 24 hours?

4 posted on 11/08/2024 10:49:16 AM PST by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)

To: Red Badger

Surprising that there is not a Spanish language version.

5 posted on 11/08/2024 10:49:32 AM PST by Bernard (I just clicked over another tag line, Time to run without for a while.)

To: Red Badger

This is the second story in two days about this. The MSM is trying hard. Next story will be that the people who got the text messages saw nooses outside of their windows.

7 posted on 11/08/2024 10:50:27 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)

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